Legend Management Bureau Chapter 354

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Black Impermanence muttered, “If I hadn’t suddenly remembered Su Xiaoxiao’s smiling face and gentle voice, I probably would have been bewitched just now.”

“But…” Black Impermanence glanced in Du Yu’s direction, pondering something in his heart.

While he was lost in thought, a cold voice called out from behind him, “Hey.”

Black Impermanence slowly turned around to look at the person behind him.

He saw a young man dressed entirely in black, sporting a pair of pitch-black wings on his back and wearing a crimson half-mask over his face.

“Dressed in black…” Black Impermanence murmured. “Are you another one of the Ten Great Disciples? It seems my luck is quite good today. Once I claim your head, I will finally be able to thoroughly enter the ranks of the Great Luo Golden Immortals.”

The youth with the black wings looked at the strange man before him, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes. “I say, brother, whose side are you on? Standing around here reeking of murderous intent makes you look pretty dangerous.”

The youth had noticed Black Impermanence’s pitch-black trousers and bare upper body. His bizarre style made it highly likely that he was a monk belonging to the Ultimate Darkness faction.

Before he could ask clearly, Black Impermanence flashed forward, thrusting the chain in his hand like a long spear.

“Who is on your side?” Black Impermanence retorted, his eyes entirely bloodshot. “My chain does not claim the lives of nameless ghosts. Tell me, what is your title?”

The black-winged youth sneered and assumed a combat stance. “Bankotubo, at your service!”

…

“A’xiang, we seem to have been separated from them!” A Can called out as he turned his head while running. After that sudden chaotic charge, he realized that Shiranui Asuka was the only one left by his side.

“Eh?!” Shiranui Asuka finally realized that A Can was telling the truth. “What do I do? How did I end up running away with someone like you…”

“Hey?” A Can froze for a moment. “Wait, what do you mean, ‘someone like you’?”

“Ah, Senior, please forgive my rudeness,” Shiranui Asuka apologized. “I just felt that following Senior Acan might put me in a bit of danger.”

“What kind of talk is that…” A Can grumbled. “Even though I don’t possess any grand divine abilities, I can still protect myself without any issues.”

After saying that, A Can’s eyes flashed with a brilliant light, making him look remarkably like Yinglong. It seemed he had acquired something extraordinary from the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace.

“That might be true…” Shiranui Asuka said grievously. “But this is my first time being separated from all my Shikigami, and my heart feels so empty…”

After the two ran for a while, A Can suddenly thought of something and asked, “A’xiang, when did you figure out Brother Yu’s plan?”

“Oh?” Shiranui Asuka gave a wicked smile. “Then when did you find out about Senior Du Yu’s plan, Senior Acan?”

“The very day Brother Yu dismissed us,” A Can answered. “I heard Xiao Qi’s voice. Xiao Qi told A Kui and me to keep quiet, and after leaving Brother Yu, we were to secretly use the identity of the Young Dragon Ancestor to seek help from the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas. But you…”

A Can thought for a moment before continuing, “You clearly had a falling out with Brother Yu before all that. How did you know his plan?”

“Hehe!” Shiranui Asuka rubbed her nose and proudly declared, “That was just my amazing acting skills! I might have been the very first person among everyone to know Senior Du Yu’s plan. He was already conceptualizing this strategy back when he killed Fuxi, but he wasn’t completely sure, so he used me as a test run first. That day, my mind was also filled with Senior Xiao Qi’s voice, constantly urging me to pick a fight with Senior Du Yu. Thinking back on it now, it really was a brilliant idea. From that day on, no one bothered to monitor me anymore, giving me the perfect opportunity to go and invite so many reinforcements.”

“I see.” A Can finally understood why Asuka—who usually seemed to adore Du Yu the most—was the first to step forward and argue with him. “But A’xiang, didn’t you return to Fusang with Jin Jianglang? Did you bring all these Yokai back from Fusang?”

“Hey! Senior Acan, are you underestimating me?” Shiranui Asuka gave a mischievous grin. “How could I only bring the Armed Yokai Alliance? There are some other reinforcements too, but they were a bit shy. They only said they would come to take a look and didn’t explicitly promise to fight. Who knows where they might be hiding right now.”

“There are reinforcements like that?” A Can looked at Asuka in utter bewilderment.

“Hehe, you’ll find out when the time comes…”

While the two were talking, they suddenly looked up and spotted two dark figures colliding fiercely in midair, raining down copious amounts of fresh blood.

Both fighters appeared to possess astonishing cultivation bases, leaving deep, gaping wounds on each other with every exchange of blows.

Asuka focused her eyes and clearly saw that one of them was the Great Tengu Bankotubo. The other person’s hair was disheveled and wild, making it entirely impossible to make out his face.

“Hey! Big Brother Ootengu!” Asuka shouted. “Who are you fighting?”

Hearing her words, Ootengu immediately knocked the person before him back a step. He shook his head helplessly and replied, “God knows who he is. He fights like a mad dog. He has clearly taken so many fatal wounds, yet he’s still ridiculously strong.”

The person opposite him had also heard Asuka’s voice.

He paused, turning his head to look at Shiranui Asuka, and murmured in confusion, “You two… know each other?”

“Eh?!” Shiranui Asuka finally got a clear look at the man’s face. She let out a sharp shriek and pointed a finger right at him. “He-he-he-he-he-he…”

A Can looked at Asuka in confusion. “A’xiang, what are you laughing at?”

Asuka finally caught her breath. “He-he’s Senior Black Impermanence!”

“Ah?” A Can followed Asuka’s gaze, and sure enough, it was Black Impermanence.

Black Impermanence let out a cold snort and retracted his chains. “What a waste of time,” he muttered.

After speaking, he cast his gaze toward the chaotic battlefield in the distance, quickly locking onto his next target. Just as he was about to soar into the fray, Asuka shouted at the top of her lungs, “Big Brother Ootengu! Stop him!”

Upon hearing this, Ootengu immediately grabbed Black Impermanence by the arm.

Black Impermanence looked back at him with a chilling glare. “What are you doing?”

“Uh…” Ootengu felt a bit awkward. “My master said to wait a moment…”

They watched as Shiranui Asuka turned around and rummaged through her small backpack, pulling out a roll of bandages and some unknown medicinal herbs.

“Big Brother Ootengu, bring him down! I need to bandage his wounds,” Shiranui Asuka demanded with a stern expression. “Senior Black Impermanence is too heavily injured. It will be incredibly dangerous if we don’t bandage him up.”

“There is no need,” Black Impermanence rejected coldly. “These minor injuries are nothing. I am in the heat of a fierce battle right now; I don’t feel a thing.”

“So disobedient!” Asuka yelled at him. “I’m going to spank your bottom!”

“Spank my…” Black Impermanence’s eyes went wide instantly. “Are… are you out of your mind, little girl?”